How to Say ‘What kind of pain is it?’ in Japanese
どんな痛みでしょうか。
donna itami deshou ka
[dohn-nah ee-TAH-mee deh-SHOH kah]
💬 Usage Tip: どんな + a noun asks "what kind of": どんな薬 (donna kusuri) "what kind of medicine".
Phrase Breakdown
どんな痛み
donna itami
what kind of pain
どんな means 'what kind of'. 痛み is the noun 'pain', pronounced i-ta-mi.
どんな痛みですか。
What kind of pain is it?
Words in this phrase
どんな
donna
[dohn-nah]
what kind of
Used to ask for the type or nature of something.
どんな感じですかと質問してみました。
I tried asking, 'What is it like?'
痛み
itami
[ee-TAH-mee]
pain
Noun form of 痛い; the pain itself.
痛みが続いています。
The pain continues.
でしょうか。
deshou ka
is it? (polite)
A softer, more polite form of ですか. Lengthen しょう: sho-o.
大丈夫でしょうか。
Is it all right?
Words in this phrase
でしょう
deshou
[deh-SHOH]
is it (polite question form)
Polite form of desu; with ka it softly asks for confirmation.
七時でよろしいでしょうか。
Would seven o'clock be all right?
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
A席はありますか。
Are there A seats available?
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